Cotton-condenser



(No Model.)

F. M. SEWELL. GoTToN GUNDENSER.

No. 280,868. Patented July 10, 1883.

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UNITED STATES A'rniwr rricn.

.FRANKLIN M. sewntn, or nANGnRr-IELD, frnXAs.

COTTO'N-GONDENSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,868, dated July 10,1883.

Application filed September 26, 1882. (No medelJ The operation of myinvention will be read 45 ily understood, The lint passes from the ginthrough the iiue A, and between the condens ing-cylinders, by which itis formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dustfrom the lint through the wire-cloth ofthe o cylinders and out throughthe openings K in the endsy of the latter. The upper cylinder will movevertically in its bearings, as described, and thus adjust itself to anyquantity of lint that may pass from the gin.

I am aware that the upper one of a pair of condensing-rollers hasheretofore been made vertically movable in its bearings. I am alsoaware'that a condensing-cylinder covered with wirecloth and having openends has been 6o used, arranged within a suitable casing. This,therefore, I do not claim. I am' not aware, however, that a pair ofwirecloth cylinders have been used without any casing at the end ofthegin-tine. By this arrangement I have 65 accomplished more satisfactoryresults, since the dust and dirt will be blown out, not only To a/ZZwwmt may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN M. SEWELL, of Dangereld, in the county ofMorris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and use- 5 fulImprovements in Cotton-Gondensers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same,

ro referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure l is a perspective View oi' the end of a gin-flueembodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical ltransverse sectional view taken through thecondensingcylinders.

Corresponding part-s in the several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

l This invention relates to condensers for cot-V toirgiiis; and itconsists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, whichwill be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the end of the gin-nue, tothe sides of which are-secured brackets B B for the shafts of thecondensingcylinders C D, which are fitted nicely in concave recesses Rin the end of the gin-fine, or the sides thereof. i

The shaft E of the lower cylinder, C, is mounted permanently in itsbearings. shaft F of the upper cylinder, D, is capable of movingvertically in slots G, prepared for its reception, in the brackets B.

The condensingicylinders .consist each of a pair of yheads or ends H,mounted upon their respective shafts, and connected by longitudinalslats I, over which a covering, J, of wirecloth is stretched, the slatsI serving to sup- The herein shown and specified.

at the ends, but directly through both of the cylinders.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters .Pat- 7o ent of the UnitedStates- The combination of the gin-flue A, having recesses B, theU-shaped brackets B, having slots G in their upper arms, and thewirecloth condensing-cylinders C D, the shaft E Aof the former beingmounted permanently in the lower arms ofthe brackets B, and the shaft Fof cylinder D being mounted loosely, so as f to be vertically movable inthe slots G, as

' Y 8o In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoained my signature in presence of two witnesses.

4o port said wire-cloth covering and to prevent Y I the cylinders fromcollapsing The heads or FRANKLIN MILNER SEVELL ends H of both cylindershave openings K. Witnesses:

Motion is imparted in any suitable manner to R. W. TITTLE,

the shaft E of the lower cylinder.

Gno. W. RAGLAND. 1

